Despite the mandatory question whether JL was appropriate for the role or not, the miscast was rather the script writer. We are in the presence (or so they tell us) of a scientist whose dream is to be a ranger whose intellectual skills are above average, and who has the advantage of knowing the mean AI villain beforehand, almost from the womb. Yet, she acts the least scientific possible, not mentioning all the overimposed crying and screaming and screaming and crying over things which should be obvious to any scientist, thus generating different reactions.
She is afraid of a full synch because Smith might overtake her mind, so she doesn't trust the "machine", but because the machine actually worked at what it was PROGRAMMED TO DO, now she doesn't want to leave it, would sacrifice her life for it, cries over its "death" and feels sorrow for it. Then she reprograms another one back on earth yet she acts surprised that it's the same to Smith.
The movie is a milkshake of older decent movies, without a chosen flavor of it's own. I've caught a certain ambience and imitation to the beginning of Aliens, when Ripley faces the crew trying to warn them what the alien is like, then we can't miss the many Terminator franchises, I robot and probably Spielberg's AI. All this disregarding the many similarities to many scenes in the anime world.
The dialogues couldn't be crasser, uncultured and with too limited a vocabulary for a woman with her background, to the point that it borders any character in Idiocracy (oh, it's happening and this movie contributes to proving it) more than Sarah Connor.
I won't reduce the movie to the cringe moments where JL had to show us her back side, or the haircut pretending to be in disarray but not.
No plan B for these humans who find the location of the AI threatening the world and just go to invade the place with no previous intelligence of any kind. And of course, the least prepared person there turns out to win the war, many personal battles and survive with flying colors, now fully renewed.
Three points for the special effects and one for the gratefulness it was to see no character had gender issues or needed to prove their pride.
She is afraid of a full synch because Smith might overtake her mind, so she doesn't trust the "machine", but because the machine actually worked at what it was PROGRAMMED TO DO, now she doesn't want to leave it, would sacrifice her life for it, cries over its "death" and feels sorrow for it. Then she reprograms another one back on earth yet she acts surprised that it's the same to Smith.
The movie is a milkshake of older decent movies, without a chosen flavor of it's own. I've caught a certain ambience and imitation to the beginning of Aliens, when Ripley faces the crew trying to warn them what the alien is like, then we can't miss the many Terminator franchises, I robot and probably Spielberg's AI. All this disregarding the many similarities to many scenes in the anime world.
The dialogues couldn't be crasser, uncultured and with too limited a vocabulary for a woman with her background, to the point that it borders any character in Idiocracy (oh, it's happening and this movie contributes to proving it) more than Sarah Connor.
I won't reduce the movie to the cringe moments where JL had to show us her back side, or the haircut pretending to be in disarray but not.
No plan B for these humans who find the location of the AI threatening the world and just go to invade the place with no previous intelligence of any kind. And of course, the least prepared person there turns out to win the war, many personal battles and survive with flying colors, now fully renewed.
Three points for the special effects and one for the gratefulness it was to see no character had gender issues or needed to prove their pride.
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